| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3/15 | 5-7 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10/15 | 5-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 40 | 4 | 4 | -1 | WLDL | 36 | +4 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | DWDD | 25 | +5 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2016-03-29
4 points for Sudan (40th), 6 for Côte d'Ivoire (30th): a 2-point gap. Côte d'Ivoire ranked 25th in the league on five-round form, well above their 30th table position. Against a league average of 1.27 goals per team per game, Sudan ran at 0.5 scored and 0.75 conceded, Côte d'Ivoire at 0.75 and 0.5.
The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Sudan against 10/15 for Côte d'Ivoire.
Al-Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman, capacity 43,645, hosted the game.
